AR 5131.62 – Tobacco

The district’s tobacco-use prevention program shall provide students in grades 6-12 instruction which addresses the following topics: (Health and Safety Code 104420)

1.Immediate and long-term undesirable physiologic, cosmetic, and social consequences of tobacco use

2.Reasons that adolescents say they smoke or use tobacco

3.Peer norms and social influences that promote tobacco use

4.Refusal skills for resisting social influences that promote tobacco use

As appropriate, the district shall provide or refer students in grades 7-12 to tobacco-use intervention and cessation activities. (Health and Safety Code 104420)

These services shall be directed toward current users and shall be voluntary for students who desire assistance in ceasing the use of tobacco.

In addition to targeting students who currently use tobacco, the district’s program shall target students most at risk for beginning to use tobacco as identified through a local needs assessment.

The district shall provide or refer every pregnant and parenting minor enrolled in the district to tobacco-use prevention services. Such services may be integrated with existing programs for pregnant and parenting minors and shall include: (Health and Safety Code 104460)